user215205 | sent on January 09, 2021
Pros: Robust, reliable, interchangeable and of excellent quality optics, interchangeable crosshairs, precise film feed and no angles in the path, it is possible to change the film even with the machine on the tripod.
Cons: Rearmament of the shutter separated from the feed, control of the maf maf cumbersome distance, no reference for depth of field, fixed and not particularly bright maf screen, rather large,with pentaprisma becomes monumental.
Opinion: Used for decades, together with big sister 330, in all conditions, never given problems. Being able to replace the objectives makes it extremely more usable than all other bioptics, including Rolleiflex. The objectives are all of very good quality, in particular the 55, the 80/2.8, the 105D and the 180 super. The normal is on the same level as the most famous Germans, I say this in full knowledge of the facts, having also used rolleiflex for a long time, in the various declensions, Planar, Xenotar, Tessar and Xenar. A peculiarity, unique, is that the shooting optics and the vision optics are absolutely identical, in case of damage to the shooting one, it happened to me, it is very simple to exchange them, without intervention by a repairman. Around it often reads that the "blue dot" targets are optically better, it is not true, they only have an improved shutter. All optical door plates and shutters, are identical, regardless of the focal of the lens they mount, it is therefore possible, for example, to mount the optical group of a 65 on that of a 135, this is also possible between optics that mount shutters of different eras, from the first Seikosha to the last Seiko blue dots. Allow me to dispute what is written in the technical characteristics, the C220 is not a mirrorless, it weighs just over 1100 g, and the viewfinder does not cover 100%. |